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l not -l wrote:

>
> On 15-Oct-2018, wrote:
>
> > On Monday, October 15, 2018 at 11:11:43 AM UTC-5, Sheldon wrote:
> > >
> > > When cooking beans 'seasoning meat' likely
> > > refers to smoked meat; ham/hocks.
> > >

> > Yes, smoke ham hocks; it does wonders for beans and greens.

> I had never seen meat labeled as seasoning meat; but, Friday I did
> see, and buy, a package of "ham seasoning". It is approx. one inch
> cubes of ham, which I guess were cut from scrap ends of ham. Another
> store always has "bacon scraps", ragged cuts from the ends of slabs
> sold at the "service meat" counter.
>
> I consider seasoning meat to be flavorful bits of smoked meats; my
> favorites, in order of preference, are pork shanks, tasso, jowl,
> bacon and ham hocks.


That would work for me! This is a simple local spicey spoked version.
Might be pork belly related but seems lean overall in looks.